How do you say in French "too bad"?

Question

If someone says they forgot their notebook and you reply "too bad!". That's what I'm looking for. Thanks

Answer 1

(“pas tout” and “trop mauvais” are very wrong and so not French…)

It all depends of your state of mind.

“too bad” means “unfortunate” or “disappointing”.

In the French language, you have different ways of expressing that, depending of what you really want to say.
- Pas de veine (= they really have no luck, unlucky they are…)
- Manque de pot (same as above but more popular…)
- Manque de bol (same as above and even more popular…)
- Tant pis (= too bad, it can’t be helped, what a pity? never mind!)
- Dommage (= you think it is unfortunate)]
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“Pas de veine” is if they forgot their notebook and you think they’re unlucky because that happened…)
“Tant pis!” is if they forgot their notebook and there is nothing anyone can do about that.
“Dommage” is if they forgot their notebook and you think it is unfortunate that such thing had happened. (Quel dommage is good too but more litterary)

Answer 2

French For Too Bad

Answer 3

C'est la vie!
Tant pis! - means it doesn't matter
The best one I ever heard was 'Dur fromage!' Totally incomprehensible to the French guy, but the rest of us got a laugh.
I should explain, this was in the late 50s and apart from the French boy, the entire group was made up from the off-spring of Anglican vicars. Hard cheese was about as risqué as we got (in each other's company).

Answer 4

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Answer 5

It is an anglicism and, as such, has no precise equivalent in French!.
It depends whether the expression is used for someone else's bad experience or yours; whether it is important or not; and in what circumstances.
If something serious has happened to somebody like losing luggage in transit , then you would say : "Quelle mauvaise chance!" or "Quel manque de chance!".
If someone's prize vase had been smashed , you would say "Quel dommage!"
If what has happened is not serious or has no repercussions, "tant pis" tends to be used by the persons who have had the set back themselves rather than by the person they are talking to, particularly if there is another solution at hand. It has more or less the same sense as "Never mind!"(another anglicism!) or "No matter!"
"J'ai oublié mon carnet. Tant pis, je me débrouillerai sans" (I have forgotten my notebook. Too bad, I'll manage without).
"Il n'a pas de train direct? Tant pis, on prendra l'autobus."
(No direct train? Never mind, we'll take the bus.)

Young people will say "Pas de veine!", "Manque de bol !" or "Manque de pot!" (bad luck!) as a proof of sympathy to their mates.
If the matter is really trivial then, they will say "Ça ne fait rien!","Ce n'est rien!" ,"Pas d'importance!","Ne t'en fais pas!" in the sense of "Never mind!" "No sweat!"

Answer 6

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Tant pis!

Answer 7

You can say ....

Tante pis - pronounced 'tohn pee' I'm not sure if that's the correct spelling though. That means 'too bad' (Not literally)

Or you can go for 'quelle domage' - pronounced 'kell dommage .... I can never get an accurate English equivalent of the final sound, it's a bit softer than we use but if you know how to pronounce 'je' meaning 'I' (me), it's the same. Anyway, that one means 'what a shame.'

Answer 8

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How do you say in French "too bad"?
If someone says they forgot their notebook and you reply "too bad!". That's what I'm looking for. Thanks

Answer 9

Tant pis!

Answer 10

Tant pis, dommage, aie

If you are really mean then : bien fait ( more like you deserved it )